Also, extra points to the people who catch the oblique Dune reference in the newsletter today.
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I write the Space newsletter, host of How it Happened season 2 podcast. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Get in touch: miriam@axios.com. (she/her)
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Today's Axios Space features a truly bonkers quote from the documentary "Branson" that I just need all of you to see:
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So far, 27 people have died in the Harris County Jail this year. That’s the highest death toll since at least 2000.
The overcrowding is so bad that people awaiting trial are locked up an average of 199 days. That’s about *six months.*
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Spacecraft death is so grim when they have a Twitter account.
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My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I’ll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me.
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I'm coughing a lot, but it should be fun!!! Promise!
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and we're live! join us for this year's off-nominees with @mirikramer!!
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The Spice Girls' "2 Become 1" gets stuck in my head whenever I see a galaxy merger photo... This happens to everyone, right?
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Orion checking out the lunar far side yesterday. flickr.com/photos/nasa2ex
That dark spot near the center is Mare Orientale.
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I have been covering this rocket since I started off as a space reporter 10 years ago. And now it finally launched. What a moment.
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GO GO GO GO GO GO DO NOT STOP PLEASE
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Let's do this.
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Wow nervous.
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Whoa! There are currently NO CONSTRAINTS TO LAUNCH. About to head into polling. Whooooo boy.
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We're now in an indefinite hold, waiting to see how much work needs to be done before they can resume the count. Launch window closes at 3:04 a.m. ET.
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(I might actually lose my mind if a problem with the range ends up scrubbing this launch.)
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The team is going to cut a 90 minute engine bleed down to a 45 minute bleed instead. RESUME THE BLEED.
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Red Crew has finished up their work at the pad! They tightened the bolts on a leaky valve and are leaving the pad now. Fingers crossed we can get a move on now!
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The only "red crew" I recognize
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I'm dying.
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"torque the packing nuts"
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We have stopped flow of liquid hydrogen to the core stage due to an intermittent leak on the replenish valve. Teams are discussing a plan to send out the 'red crew' to the pad to torque packing nuts at the base of the mobile launcher.
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Well folks, the launch nerves started EARLY tonight.
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A reminder that the space industry competes with big tech for talent on a regular basis. I'm sure Maxar isn't the only company looking to hire as popular tech companies shed employees.
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Tweeps - first I’m sorry if you lose your job tomorrow. That said, my team at Maxar is hiring for our telemetry group (firehouse for space tweets). Hit me up and we can get you interviewed as quick as you’d like. Team is fully remote. 
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The new space age is here. We are seeing new commercial models and technologies pioneering a wide range of new satellites services and space-based activities. To build on this success and plan for the next, we are creating the Space Bureau at the FCC.
fcc.gov/document/chair
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Thanks for this existential crisis on a Friday, NASA. Appreciate it.
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Eep!
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I am now observing TRAPPIST-1 using MIRI Imaging for 3 hours and 21 minutes. Keywords: M dwarfs, M stars. Proposal: stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-pu 1:1
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Mapping the molecules in a comet!!
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Observation Title: Spectral mapping of a comets inner coma
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Observation Start Time: 2022-09-08 14:45:03.974
Exposure Time: 02h:15m:59.960s
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A good time to revisit this tweet after SpaceX claimed yesterday marked their "100th launch overall" from SLC-40. It was, without question, the 101st unless you omit the CRS-7 launch failure, which you shouldn't.
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Yet again SpaceX ignoring one of their own launches just because it was a failure. Mentioned on stream this is the 99th launch by them from SLC-40 when in reality it is the 100th. They obviously didn't count CRS-7...
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That right there is a MOOD.
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Observation Title: JWST Cycle 1 Outreach Campaign
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Cannot unsee the space toes…
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It's cool and all, but it also looks like a weird foot. twitter.com/mirikramer/sta…
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I can't get over the detail in here.
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Hubble vs. JWST:
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AP – Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev ran over an employee of the Star City training center on a dark road outside Moscow.
Artemyev returned from the ISS last month.
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Maybe don't, like, push alert anything about the finale of a show that dropped literally in the middle of the night? Please reconsider that choice!!!!
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That's quite enough with the space news today, thank you.
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